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Rural development policy 2014-2020 Relevance to water management Mike Mackenzie DG AGRI H1 – Consistency of rural development 4th European Water Conference Brussels, 24 March 2015
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Most relevant rural development priorities (4B) Improving water management, including fertiliser and pesticide management (5A) Increasing efficiency in water use by agriculture 2
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Relevant types of measure (examples) Investments Investments in physical assets (Art. 17 of Reg. 1305/2013) Area-related measures Agri-environment-climate (Art. 28) Water Framework Directive payments (Art. 30) Training / advice Knowledge transfer & information actions (Art. 14) Joint activity, experimental development Co-operation (Art. 35) 3
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Investments in irrigation – Art. 46 RDR 4
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Investments in irrigation (2) Improvements to existing equipment / infrastructure: Minimum "potential water saving" required (gain in water efficiency) Real reduction in water use required if investment affects water body without good status Investments in net increase of irrigated area: Environmental analysis required In principle, no support possible (with exceptions) if investment affects water body without good status 5
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Further information http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rural- development-2014-2020/index_en.htm 6
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